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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

One Block UFO

What do you do when you piece a quilt top and don’t like it?I pulled out a UFO to start working on again.I had bought the fabric on sale and I was not crazy about it.It has an oriental red background.Months ago I used it for a “one block wonder” which used the stack and whack technique and equilateral triangles.After I got it pieced, I just did not like it and put it away.Then I inspired to use it and try a technique that Cynthia Corbin ( http://www.cynthiacorbin.com/ ) shared at the NC Quilt Symposium.She called it “Structure and Variations”.

First I took a digital photo of the top.This is what it looked like.

Then I printed the photo, drew lines, cut it up and taped to purple construction paper.This was my plan.

Yesterday I finally laid out the top and used a metal measuring tape and a rolling chalk marker to mark the cutting lines.

Next I had to square up the new pieced top.I was not scared when I first sliced it up but now I was scared to cut.After a few words of encouragement from my sister, I cut.Now I am please with how it looks, much better than before.I have plans for borders and may tackle them tomorrow.